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With only 10% of Florence's tourist numbers and a third of Pisa's, Livorno is mostly ignored by visitors (Credit: Solveig Steinhardt)
Culture & Identity

Italy's beloved 'ugly' city

By Solveig Steinhardt

Medellin's modern network of trains, cable cars and public escalators connect the city
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Colombia's unexpected green oasis

By Jesse Scott
The Naviglio Grande is one of Europe's oldest navigable canals, dating to 1177 (Credit: Gennaro Leonardi/Getty Images)
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Italy’s lost city of canals

By Joey Tyson
Luxembourg City was once one of Europe's greatest fortified sites due to its strategic position (Credit: Quebeet/Getty Images)
Culture & Identity

Europe’s tiny city of 168 countries

By James March
Bethlehem is best known for being the hometown of King David and the birthplace of Jesus Christ (Credit: Efesenko/Getty Images)
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A holy town’s newest ‘miracle’

By Richard Morgan
Gwangju is the distribution point for all farms in Honam and is known for its top-quality ingredients (Credit: Ayakochun/Getty Images)
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Asia's surprising foodie capital

By Richard Morgan
Why Tunis could be the new Rome (Credit: fivepointsix/Getty Images)
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Could this city be the new Rome?

By Erin Clare Brown
"Kigali is not only clean and safe, but overtly friendly" (Credit: Thomas Cockrem/Alamy)
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Africa's new top destination?

By Bert Archer
Only 5% of people who travel to Colombia visit the city of Cali (Credit: Ian Neubauer)
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South America’s coolest comeback city

By Ian Neubauer
Pristina’s NEWBORN monument celebrates Kosovo’s independence, and every year it’s redecorated (Credit: Deborah Huso)
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Europe's youngest capital

By Deborah Huso
In Vino was the first specialist wine bar and shop to open in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan (Credit: age fotostock/Alamy)
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What really caused Armenia's revolution

By Martin Guttridge-Hewitt